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Hype Cycle for Telecommunication Technologies, 2004
30 June 2004
 
Venecia K Liu   Kathie Hackler   Bob Hafner   Norbert J. Scholz   Verne Anton   Jim Duggan   Phillip Redman   Patti A. Reali   John S. Mazur   George J. Weiss   Michael J. King   David L. Fraley   Bern Elliot   Ken Dulaney   Elroy Jopling  

Competition for revenue has led the telecom industry to seek new technologies, such as video telephony, and develop new service offerings, such as location "aware" services, while undergoing debt restructuring.







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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 Hype Cycle for Telecommunication Technologies, 2004
2.0
    
 On the Rise

2.1
    
 4G Wireless Technology
2.2
    
 Location "Aware" Services
2.3
    
 802.16e WiMAX
2.4
    
 Video Telephony
2.5
    
 New-Generation Operation Systems and Software
2.6
    
 CDMA2000 1x EV DO
3.0
    
 At the Peak

3.1
    
 Unified Communications
3.2
    
 VDSL
4.0
    
 Sliding Into the Trough

4.1
    
 GMPLS
4.2
    
 Cable VoIP
4.3
    
 Optical Switching
4.4
    
 Micropayments
4.5
    
 Soft Switches
4.6
    
 Unified Messaging
4.7
    
 Linux Midtier Applications
4.8
    
 .NET Managed Code
4.9
    
 Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment
5.0
    
 Climbing the Slope

5.1
    
 VoIP
5.2
    
 MPLS
5.3
    
 DWDM
6.0
    
 Entering the Plateau

6.1
    
 Wi-Fi 802.11a/g
7.0
    
 Conclusions
Appendix A.
    
 Hype Cycle Phase Definitions
Appendix B.
    
 Benefit Rating and Maturity Level Definitions
Appendix C.
    
 Acronym Key


List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Hype Cycle for Telecommunication Technologies, 2004
 

Figure 2. 
 Benefit Ratings
 

Figure 3. 
 Maturity Levels
 



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